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If you haven’t registered for our 9th Annual State of the CE Union Party, we strongly encourage you to do so as our limited seating is quickly running out. In addition to the great entertainment our …

DRM will render legally purchased movie downloads useless as Google Video closes its doors. As consumers are forcibly ushered into the Digital Rights Management (DRM) controlled digital era by …

Fallout from faulty batteries manufactured by Sony continues to plague the laptop industry. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. recently has announced its second battery recall within a month’s …

For years the battery has all but stagnated in terms of technology. Sure, Li-Ion technology has allowed a greater amount of portability and reliability - at least for smaller, portable electronics, …

URC's MX-980 is a powerful wand-style custom control designed to advance the state of the art of Home Theater programming and integration. It enables professional installers to more quickly and …

Anchor Bay announced that its new DVDO iScan VP50 PRO video processor now comes with THX certification. This revised processor will also feature HDMI 1.3 chips with support for high definition audio …

Yamaha also introduced the affordable YAS-70, featuring an exclusive "Air Surround" technology. The YAS-70 system delivers multi-channel listening experiences through direct and reflected sound (a …

Yamaha today introduced the DVD-S1800 universal DVD player and the DVD-C961 Super Audio CD/DVD-Audio Changer. Both offer 1080p video output via HDMI and also support DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD …

Panasonic announced thius week that it is rating its new line of 1080p Plasma HDTVs to play for 100,000 hours before reaching half brightness. If you take the U.S. average daily viewing time of 6.5 …

Boston Acoustics, Inc. today announced the upcoming introduction of a wide new range of products, expressing its bold new “Play Smart™” attitude which will animate every aspect of the branded …

Boston Acoustics, Inc. is combining loudspeaker form and function in an elegant new way with the upcoming introduction of its Boston “Horizon” Series loudspeakers. Created with keen attention to …

Sencore is hosting a full 2 day ISF training course the two days following our party (October 7th and 8th). In this seminar you will learn what makes a good home theater, including pitfalls to avoid, …

ONKYO USA has announced the launch of its first HD-DVD player, the DV-HD805. This player has been introduced to realize the potential of high-definition HD DVD content. It is also one of the first HD …

According to, oh just about any source out on the Internet (which scares us to be honest) Microsoft is putting HDMI on all new Xbox 360 Premium game consoles. The idea is that hardcore gamers are all …

For a while now, Netflix has boasted as being the only DVD-by-mail service that also enables live viewing of movies online through its website. Now Blockbuster seems to be getting into the game by …

It's Godzilla vs. Mothra all over again... Sharp Corp and Samsung Electronics Co. are embroiled in a battle for the rights to five patents on LCD technology. The lawsuit was filed by Sharp Corp. who …

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Wal-mart is now the second largest Consumer Electronics retailer in the country with over $22.6 billion in US sales. This doesn't even account for its …

We have a fun filled day planned for all of our guests attending our 9th Annual State of the CE Union Party & Event. If you’re a true Audioholic, there can never be enough A/V in your world which is …

Some cool things have progressed with the Audioholics 9th Annual State of the CE Union Party & Event since our last update. Yamaha announced a full scale 11.2 channel demo of their new highly …

Once again Sony is being taken to task for alleged patent infringement. This time it is for the highly touted cell processor used in the PS3. Parallel Processing Corporation (PPC) filed the suit last …

We at Audioholics have been fans of Halo and Bungie games for some time now, however a recent foray by myself and Tom Andry into Gears of War left us with a salivating desire to see more co-op games …

Monster accessories and power-conditioning products, has just announced that it will offer a new “Cable for Life” upgrade program on select upcoming Monster Advanced HDMI cables, including the new …

Integra has introduced the THX Ultra2 Certified DTC-9.8, an exceptionally versatile audio-video preamplifier / processor designed to meet the complex needs of system integrators and custom …

As you may be aware by now, Audioholics is throwing its 9th Annual State of the CE Union Event & Party on October 6th, 2007 at the Hilton Beach Resort in Clearwater Florida. You’ve heard about all …

Target stores is siding with Blu-ray starting in October, making BD players and titles available to shoppers in time for the holiday season. Target is the second largest retailer in the US and this …

This just in from the "They Can't Possibly be That Stupid Department"... Universal Studios is being sued for forcing YouTube to remove a personal video of a baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" …

It's (hopefully) no great secret that JJ Abrams, Brian Burk and crew are producing a Star Trek XI prequel film in 2008. What was just announced this weekend at the 2007 Comic-Con event in San Diego …

Ever in danger of becoming irrelevant before they even really get started, high-definition DVD formats may have more to fear from Internet content downloading than previously believed. According to …